Fermin Lopez was not risked by Barcelona for his or her La Liga opener towards Valencia on Saturday evening. The midfielder is off the again of a really busy summer time, which included being a part of Spain’s profitable squads at Euro 2024 and the Olympic Video games. As such, he was granted additional day off earlier than making his return to the membership.
Regardless of not that includes in pre-season as a result of Olympics, Pau Cubarsí began at Mestalla, exhibiting willpower and braveness. He almost scored an personal objective, however made a vital goal-line clearance to avoid wasting Barcelona from taking place 2-0, he was the chief of the protection, performing as a… pic.twitter.com/c0sEYcY372
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He was not on the Mestalla to observe his teammates, and he as an alternative watched the match on a stream on his telephone. He posted this to his Instagram story, and lots of supporters (through Diario AS) famous that it seemed to be a pirated broadcast. Fermin deleted the image quickly after it was revealed.
Fermin will hope that the information doesn’t attain Javier Tebas. The La Liga president has been very outspoken about his proper towards unlawful streaming of the league, and a number of folks have been charged with the offence within the final 12 months. Barcelona will hope that their midfielder isn’t prone to any punishment – it might be most unlikely if he was, anyway.
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